Antoniokra82 wrote:
Hello all
Still have some problem with my new Vespa 125 GT (2006). When I drive the temperature goes very high and then drops suddenly.
What the issues can be?
Thermostat under the reservoir tank? Thermostat on the engine?
Is the water pump?
How can I test the to see if they do what they supposed to.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
I think this is not normal.
What the temperature should do is rise until not too far below red and then stay there. When the engine is heating up the thermostat will gradually open and keep the temperature constant.
As you describe it temperature goes up very high and then suddenly drops.
That sounds like a thermostat that is hampering. It needs a too high temperature to open and then it opens suddenly completely.
I would replace the thermostat.
But as background:
- Was it always like that? Or was temperature some time ago stable?
- Did this problem show up from one day to the next, or did temperature gradually get more unstable?
- Do you experience any other issues with the cooling? Too low coolant level?
If it is the thermostat I expect you would gradually experience more instability in water temperature. These things normally do not fail from one day to the next and if they do they would stay or closed all the time, overheating the engine, or stay open, and then the temperature would be too low all the time.